Konardihi Kumardihi | |
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Census Town | |
Coordinates: 23°40′26″N87°15′54″E / 23.673849°N 87.26498°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
District | Paschim Bardhaman |
Area | |
• Total | 7.11 km2 (2.75 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 8,448 |
• Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
Languages* | |
• Official | Bengali, Hindi, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 713363 |
Telephone/STD code | 0341 |
Vehicle registration | WB |
Lok Sabha constituency | Asansol |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Pandaveswar |
Website | paschimbardhaman |
Konardihi is a census town in the Pandabeswar CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Konardihi is located at 23°40′26″N87°15′54″E / 23.673849°N 87.26498°E .
Konardihi, Nabgram, Chak Bankola, Sankarpur, Haripur, Bahula, Chhora and Parashkol form a cluster of census towns in the southern portion of Pandabeswar CD block. [1]
As per the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. Durgapur subdivision has 1 municipal corporation at Durgapur and 38 (+1 partly) census towns (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map). [2]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Konardihi had a total population of 8,448, of which 4,470 (53%) were males and 4,018 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 902. The total number of literate persons in Konardihi was 5,734 (75.59% of the population over 6 years). [3]
*For language details see Pandabeswar (community development block)#Language and religion
As of 2001 [update] India census, [4] Konardihi had a population of 8,248. Males constitute 57% of the population and females 43%. Konardihi has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 50%. In Konardihi, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Konardihi covered an area of 7.11 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water-supply involved service reservoir, tap water from treated sources, uncovered wells. It had 764 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had were 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, the nearest senior secondary school at Ukhra 3.5 km away. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had were 1 public library and 1 reading room. Among the important commodities it produced were paddy and coal. [5]
It is in the heart of the coal mining zone. [6]
As per the ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the Bankola Area of Eastern Coalfields in 2018 are: Bankola Colliery, Khandra Colliery, Kumardih A Colliery, Kumardih B Colliery, Moira Colliery, Nakrakonda Colliery, Shankarpur Colliery, Shyamsundarpur Colliery and Tilaboni Colliery. [7]
Konardihi has one primary and one secondary schools. [8]
Medical facilities (periodic medical examination centres and dispensaries) in the Bankola Area of ECL are available at Bankola Area PME Centre (with 30 beds + 2 cabins) (PO Ukhra), Khandra (PO Khandra), Bankola Colliery (PO Khandra), Bankola Area (PO Khandra), Shyamsundarpur (PO Khandra), Mahira (PO Moira), Tilaboni (PO Pandabeswar), Nakrakonda (PO Pandabeswar), Shankarpur (PO Sheetalpur), Kumardihi A (PO Pandabeswar), Kumardihi B (PO Pandabeswar). [9]